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dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)
1. silly goose, he wanted war!
Fri Sep 11, 2015, 10:28 AM
Sep 2015

He picked Cheney as his veep so I'm assuming not reading the memo was just a convenient ruse for plausible deniability. No doubt they both had intelligence briefings and knew there was chatter...they're both homicidal madmen driven by pure greed.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
4. Cheney was picked for him by his daddy
Fri Sep 11, 2015, 10:41 AM
Sep 2015

Well, in actuality, Cheney was picked by Cheney. Daddy Bush put Cheney in charge of a committee to select a running mate for his idiot son, and surprise surprise, Cheney recommended himself.

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)
5. i know, I just don't want anyone to get the impression Shrub was just some hapless idiot
Fri Sep 11, 2015, 10:47 AM
Sep 2015

He knew damned well what could happen and the untold millions of dollars he could reap if he did nothing, giving them all they needed to justify war.

That they're not in jail is a travesty.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
3. It was read to him by the CIA briefer.* His response was, "All right. You've covered your ass, now"
Fri Sep 11, 2015, 10:39 AM
Sep 2015
http://www.salon.com/2006/06/20/911pdb/



* He's the guy in the background. Harriet Miers is shown helping Bush find the right page.


underpants

(182,603 posts)
6. The OP is clearly out of order
Fri Sep 11, 2015, 11:00 AM
Sep 2015

That document is a page and a HALF. no way he could read that whole thing.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. And the Oil Companies needed to save
Fri Sep 11, 2015, 11:11 AM
Sep 2015

Haliburton from Bankruptcy. Appears there was a plan to keep some 6 million Barrels of Oil off the market in order to prevent a collapse in Crude prices which would have created a Service Contract nightmare for Dick Cheney's Company and forcing an Chapter 11 Bankruptcy due to lost business. Remember,Haliburton board of directors issued Cheney some 900 million Options at about this time frame,and they had expanded their foot print to include purchases of smaller Oil Service Companies as well as suppliers. Plus their debt load was massive and they were facing servicing issues.

This whole Irag think was a Neo-Con Cluster F--k from the get go and yes our Lame Stream Media played a passive role in not exposing the real truths as to who what where and mainly the why.

 

J_J_

(1,213 posts)
8. If only the fighter jets would have responded and intercepted the hijacked planes
Fri Sep 11, 2015, 12:41 PM
Sep 2015


Standard procedure would have our fighter jets intercepting hijacked planes within minutes of a transponder being shut off or a plane veering off course.

Where were the fighter jets that day?
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